chased leader, led over 5f out, easily
headway over 4f out, ridden 3f out, one pace
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
towards rear, headway over 4f out, went 3rd over 1f out, one pace
chased leaders, chased winner over 4f out until weakened 3f out
led, headed over 5f out, soon weakened
in touch, lost place over 6f out
behind, ridden over 3f out, soon outpaced
BYGONES OF BRID is the form pick to land the finale at the expense of newcomers Twentynineblack and Northern Cross. The selection gained his sole victory at Hexham in October having improved from his racecourse debut. He does however have a penalty to overcome which will make life tough but this does look like one of his easiest opportunities to date so is worth staying on the right side of for the time being. Alan Swinbank is always worth following in these races so any market moves for Twentynineblack should be noted while the same can be said about the Howard Johnson contender Northern Cross.
Bygones of Brid (IRE) 5-1 (10-13) Prominent, led 6f out, drew clear over 1f out, easily, won at Hexham 2m nhf (6) sft in Oct beating Tiger Moss (10-6) by 19l, 10 ran.
Against The Wind Anshan gelding out of Harvest Memories.
Eric Pujol (IRE) Exit To Nowhere gelding out of Crabtreejazz.
Maxwellton Braes Moshaajir gelding out of Glorious Dawn.
Northern Cross (IRE) Accordion gelding out of Gale Johnston.
Prince Tam 16-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, headway halfway, weakened over 4f out, 13th of 16, well behind Quwetwo (11-2) at Newcastle 2m mdn nhf (6) gs in Nov.
The Grey Sparky 6-1 (12-0) Ur 2 unseated rider in race won by Amour Daria (11-7) at Whittington 2m 5f ptp gd in Apr, 10 ran.
Twentynineblack (FR) Valanour gelding out of Grange Cunault.
Miss Toozy Betsy (IRE) 5-1 (10-7) In rear, headway to go prominent over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, 5th of 10, 21l behind Brackenmoss (11-2) at Hexham 2m mrs nhf (6) hvy in Nov.